Virological Traits of the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.87.1 Lineage.
Lu ZhangAlexandra Dopfer-JablonkaInga NehlmeierAmy KempfLuise GraichenNoemí Calderón HampelAnne CossmannMetodi V StankovGema Morillas RamosSebastian R SchulzHans-Martin JäckGeorg Martin Norbert BehrensStefan H PöhlmannMarkus HoffmannPublished in: Vaccines (2024)
Transmissibility and immune evasion of the recently emerged, highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.87.1 are unknown. Here, we report that BA.2.87.1 efficiently enters human cells but is more sensitive to antibody-mediated neutralization than the currently dominating JN.1 variant. Acquisition of adaptive mutations might thus be needed for efficient spread in the population.